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Centrifuge modelling in the undergraduate curriculum—a 5 year reflection
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Black, Jonathan Bayton, S. M. Cargill, A. Tatari, Alireza |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | A summary overview of 5 years working with a small-scale educational centrifuge at the University of Sheffield is presented. Various geotechnical design problems have been successfully performed throughout this period, including slope stability, bearing capacity failure and tunnelling. The opportunity to experimentally explore the theoretical content taught in lectures has had a positive impact on student learning in the undergraduate curriculum. The authors advocate there is an immediate need for greater adoption of experimental based observation/demonstration, either conducted at 1 g or Ng, to be embedded within the geotechnical undergraduate curriculum to enrich and deepen the student learning experience of geotechnical system performance. The opportunity to experimentally explore the theoretical content taught in lectures has had a positive impact on student learning in the undergraduate curriculum. Craig was one of the first to formally discuss physical modelling for geotechnical engineering education. He described a modelling initiative that began in the mid-1970s at the University of Manchester where experiments were performed using an inexpensive "teaching centrifuge". A small-scale educational centrifuge has been developed by the lead author at the University of Sheffield, and been in continuous operation since 2012. The slope stability experiment is probably the most appealing of all centrifuge experiments because students can visually confirm the development of a failure surface driven by self-weight alone. Ultimate bearing capacity of strip footings resting on a single layer of homogeneous clay, described by Terzaghi. Reality however is rarely this simple; soils are often non-uniform, layered and have varying strength/stiffness properties. Book Name: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics |
| Related Links | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/files/11081559/Centrifuge_modelling_in_the_undergraduate_curriculuma_5_year_reflection.pdf https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2018-0-86959-9&isbn=9780429438660&doi=10.1201/9780429438660-78&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 537 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 533 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9780429438660-78 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-07-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Physical Modelling in Geotechnics Geological Engineering Modelling Undergraduate University of Sheffield Experimentally Failure Curriculum Centrifuge Bearing Capacity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
